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OrangePerson said:
I'm thrilled for Kumbuka that he's done so well at London and I'm possibly doubly thrilled for Gernot that he's hopefully avoided Stuttgart!
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I do wonder if we will see any more Gorilla babies sent to Stuttgart- it may have run its course. There are no babies in the nursery at present so any single baby that went there would be no better off than being reared adjacent to its home group e.g. Bristol's 'Afia'.

I reckon Mjukuu's strong maternal instinct( or is it her dominance, or both?) meant she 'stole' Gernot, this has happened before( in the USA) and Effie just accepted it. But he will be far better balanced as a result of staying in the group.
 
Pertinax said:
I do wonder if we will see any more Gorilla babies sent to Stuttgart- it may have run its course. There are no babies in the nursery at present so any single baby that went there would be no better off than being reared adjacent to its home group e.g. Bristol's 'Afia'.
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The current gorilla nursery (which is empty) is to be redeveloped into a guenon enclosure, so it seems that the nursery days are over.
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Pertinax said:
I reckon Mjukuu's strong maternal instinct( or is it her dominance, or both?) meant she 'stole' Gernot, this has happened before( in the USA) and Effie just accepted it. But he will be far better balanced as a result of staying in the group.
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For the record, Effie does not have a great track record as a mother so I'm not too surprised Mjukuu managed to take Gernot.
 
ShonenJake13 said:
For the record, Effie does not have a great track record as a mother so I'm not too surprised Mjukuu managed to take Gernot.
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Nor am I. Her two previous infants were handreared. She did appear to know what she was doing with this one, but in the event evidently wasn't interested enough to rebuff Mjuku's interest.
 
Dassie rat said:
Perhaps there's a little-known species named after the amateur ornithologist, John Nelson Hobbs.
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Interesting but irrelevant fact: I think Regent's Park's last skuas were Antarctic skuas - I recently put scan of an old photo in our Gallery. The species is named Stercorarius maccormicki after the ship's surgeon and official naturalist on the voyage of the Beagle. He couldn't compete with the young unofficial naturalist, a Mr Darwin, and went home at the first opportunity. Mr Bynoe, the assistant surgeon, was promoted in his place.
Mr MacCormick subsequently went on Ross's expedition to the Antarctic, where he collected the skua, and he seems to have co-operated with his assistant surgeon who was the other naturalist on board, the botanist who became Darwin's closest friend, Joseph Dalton Hooker. Perhaps it helped that there were two ships, Erebus and Terror.

Alan
 
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Could anyone tell me if the following species are still kept and if they are on public display?

Fea's tree frog (Rhacophorus feae)
Lake Oku clawed frog (Xenopus longipes)
Iberian midwife toad (Alytes cisternasii)

Lake Pátzcuaro salamander (Ambystoma dumerilii)
Sardinian brook salamander (Euproctus platycephalus)
Italian cave salamander (Speleomantes italicus)

March's palm pit viper (Bothriechis marchi)
False water cobra (Hydrodynastes gigas)

Tree runner (Plica plica)
Chameleon forest dragon (Gonocephalus chamaeleontinus)
Hart's glass lizard (Dopasia harti)

Black-necked weaver (Ploceus nigricollis)
Scarlet-chested sunbird (Chalcomitra senegalensis)
Splendid sunbird (Cinnyris coccinigastrus)
Merlin (Falco columbarius)

Thanks!
 
ralph said:
Could anyone tell me if the following species are still kept and if they are on public display?

Fea's tree frog (Rhacophorus feae)
Lake Oku clawed frog (Xenopus longipes)
Iberian midwife toad (Alytes cisternasii)

Lake Pátzcuaro salamander (Ambystoma dumerilii)
Sardinian brook salamander (Euproctus platycephalus)
Italian cave salamander (Speleomantes italicus)

March's palm pit viper (Bothriechis marchi)
False water cobra (Hydrodynastes gigas)

Tree runner (Plica plica)
Chameleon forest dragon (Gonocephalus chamaeleontinus)
Hart's glass lizard (Dopasia harti)

Black-necked weaver (Ploceus nigricollis)
Scarlet-chested sunbird (Chalcomitra senegalensis)
Splendid sunbird (Cinnyris coccinigastrus)
Merlin (Falco columbarius)

Thanks!
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Fea's tree frog - yes, with the crocodile lizards

Lake Oku clawed frog - yes, in the amphibians section

Iberian midwife toad - tadpoles yes, some adults are visible in the research lab behind the tanks for these.

Lake Pátzcuaro salamander - no, not onshow. Not sure if still kept.

Sardinian brook salamander - yes, next door to the tadpoles

Italian cave salamander - no. not onshow.

March's palm pit viper - no, not onshow.

False water cobra - yes last I checked, in the Reptile House

Tree runner - yes, in the Reptile House

Chameleon forest dragon - no, not onshow. Don't know if still kept.

Hart's glass lizard - I believe so, in the Reptile House

Black-necked weaver - yes, in the Blackburn Pavilion

Scarlet-chested sunbird - yes, in the Blackburn Pavilion

Splendid sunbird - yes, in the Blackburn Pavilion

Merlin - not sure if still kept, but if so offshow and may be used in Deadly Birds show
 
Yes the (offshow) Merlin is often featured in the afternoon displays on the Bird Lawn - normally in the Deadly Birds display that typically is on during the summer at 2pm.
 
Looks like Jae Jae is bonding with them, wonder if he'll be allowed to stay with Melati and the cubs this time around?
 
ShonenJake13 said:
Looks like Jae Jae is bonding with them, wonder if he'll be allowed to stay with Melati and the cubs this time around?
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As he is already in with them successfully now, as appears the case, I can see no reason why they would remove him later. Its possible the cubs arrived unexpectedly while the pair were still together- I would be a bit surprised if they hadn't planned otherwise to seperate them prior to the birth.
 
At Chester, I don't think Fabi was ever separated from Kirana, for a significant period, and they raised three litters together.

Alan
 
Adrian k said:
Does anyone have a current species list for the Blackburn Pavillion please.
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I have no idea what's offshow in there but here's what I know is on show (this encompasses closed aviaries, the main walkthroughs and the outdoor aviaries):

- Red-legged honeycreeper
- Bali starling
- Mindanao bleeding-heart dove
- Scarlet-chested sunbird
- Beautiful fruit dove
- Superb fruit dove
- Brazilian tanager
- Red-and-yellow barbet
- Red-whiskered bulbul
- Socorro dove
- Black-naped fruit dove
- Blue-crowned laughingthrush
- Hooded pitta
- Pope cardinal
- Sunbittern
- Ultramarine grosbeak
- Roulroul partridge
- Orange-headed thrush
- Hottentot teal
- African pygmy goose
- African jacana
- Black-necked stilt
- Amethyst starling
- Red-crested turaco
- Emerald dove
- Pekin robin
- Black-necked weaver
- Splendid sunbird
- Scarlet ibis
- Red-billed hornbill
- Victoria crowned pigeon
- Royal starling
- Red-billed toucan
- Hartlaub's turaco
- Black-cheeked lovebird
- Blue-bellied roller
- Purple glossy starling
- Edwards' pheasant
- White-crowned robin chat
- Montserrat oriole

And then what was onshow until Land of the Lions was built:

- Toco toucan
- Pied avocet
- Emerald starling
- Black hornbill
 
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